Title:BLACK ROBE AND GRASS SKIRT
Author:TOOMIN, Philip R. and TOOMIN, Pauline M.
Price:AUD$24.80 (about USD$16.20)
Item ID:SB00-0213893
Quantity:1
Publisher:Horizon Press, New York, 1963
Edition:First
Binding:Hardcover (Original Cloth)
Condition:Good
Dust Jacket:Good
500 g; endpage maps, 286 pages, top edge of the text block has been tinted a blue, slight darkening of the other edges of the text block, and minor rubbing of the edges of the dust jacket otherwise in very good condition. The absorbing adventures of an American judge of his wife uniquely involved in the domestic, legal and social life of the natives of the South Sea Islands. A personal account, Federal Judge Toomin describes the cases that come before him in the U.S. Trust Territory Islands of Micronesia and his adventures in the islands, his wife wrote separate chapters that give a woman's perspective.The contrast between Western concepts of civilization and the beauty and trials of life in primitive lands. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Anthropology; Sociology; Travel; Inventory No: 0213893.